I came to nuigroup attracted by the artistic potential of the hardware and software the community here has created. The demo apps show off so much potential. For example, when I saw the puppet being controlled by the hands, I realized how easy it would be to make puppet-like animations. It could lead to a new style that appeals to people not meticulous enough for 18-24 frames per second.
Creating applications is getting more accessible for people like myself, and tools like quartz composer or openframeworks are opening up a new world to me. I’m starting to realize that there are many healthy communities of people like myself who have already been experimenting and creating tools.
So I’m wondering, who at nuigroup is here for similar reasons? How has your experience been? What are your thoughts, goals?
As for me, I’ve been working on this since the end of may (memorial day in the u.s.). And by this, I pretty much mean everything, since I couldn’t figure out what do do with the software and had no idea how to do the hardware at the beginning of this. My table is working, but I need to make it more permanent (surprisingly, the cardboard box held together with gaffe tape isn’t giving me consistent results). In fact the whole process has been fairly painless. The group here really takes care of the details. I even wrote my first program last week using xelapond’s tutorials.
It’s a threshold that I needed to cross to not give up on it. I don’t think I’ll ever write a new video editor, but I’m betting I can do some cool things with colors and shapes.
Also, if any one is in the san francisco bay area I’d be interested in meeting up.
